Bruce Hornsby has a new album, Absolute Zero, coming out next month, and it includes contributions from a handful of notables, including a track that was co-written with Bon Iver's Justin Vernon called "Cast-Off." That song is officially out today, and it also features members of Vernon's coterie of musicians, including Sean Carey and Brad…

JW Ridley is back today with a new track called "Homesick (Out The Blue)." Last month, the South London-based musician released "Glass Eyes," a surreal melancholic ode to suburbia, along with a bizarrely Lynchian music video. Both tracks have been collaborations with producer Ali Chant, who has also worked with Perfume Genius, PJ Harvey, and Portishead.

Ryan Pollie is releasing a new album later this year, his first since changing his name from Los Angeles Police Department and his first since a cancer diagnosis last year. That unfortunate turn of events hangs over the album's first single, "Aim Slow," which comes along with a music video that intercuts home video footage…

Some albums just arrive at the right time. Guns, the new LP from the rapper and producer Quelle Chris, is one of those albums. Quelle Chris -- from Detroit, currently based in Brooklyn -- has been making smart, idiosyncratic rap music for many years. And with Guns, he turns his focus toward weapons -- physical…